Cret Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 There's a story on MR website about a 21' boat sinking by the sugarloaf yesterday after getting swamped. I'm told the boat was brand new so someone will not be very happy at the moment I guess! Anyone happen to know what kind of boat it was or who? Heard also that a speedboat ran aground yesterday in Port Erin and a yacht capsized. Sounds like Neptune was throwing his weight around a bit then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 30th July 2006 Incident log: "At 14:17 BST whilst open to the public during our lifeboat day, a report was received that there was a capsized white hulled boat off Black Head (south west end of Bay Stacka).After getting all visitors off the lifeboat onto the Fisheries Protection Vessel "Barrule", Port St. Mary lifeboat slipped from between Douglas lifeboat the "Barrule"and and proceed to the scene at speed. Port Erin lifeboat arrived on scene shortly after. The 2 persons on-board had already been taken aboard the local angling boat "Gemini" and were safe. Port Erin lifeboat made an attempt was made to the vessel, but due to sea conditions, etc, this was abandoned shortly afterwards. PSM lifeboat returned in escort with the Gemini after establishing whether the two men rescued from the water were OK. In view of the sea conditions the men were left on the Gemini for the trip to Port St. Mary . Weather fine, wind SSW 5 locally 6. Postscript: the 21foot long day angling boat had been at anchor off Black Head when they were swamped by a large breaking swell. As the boat foundered they were lucky to be spotted by the charater boat Genimi which was nearby. Their boat capesized and the two men thrown into the water. Gemini arrived and one managed to swim to it were he was assited aborad. The other man who was wearing chest waders started to be dragged under, a rope was thrown to him and he was pulled to the Gemini and also hauled aboard. But for the quick thinking of the skipper of the Gemini this incident would have had a very different outcome." http://www.portstmarylifeboat.org.im/callouts.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggle Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Bob to the rescue! He's a nice fella. The thing I can't understand is why people chose to sail when it was so lumpy?! I saw the sea conditions down that way yesterday, quite a lot of large breaking waves. Atleast everyone was ok and we may have another wreck to dive Will be interesting to see if they attempt salvage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Strangely enough I was down at the harbour looking for the Gemini yesterday as someone had given me the name on another thread last week as we plan to do a couple of fishing trips. Having not seen him, we then drove down to the sound for a cuppa - unaware he was just around the corner being a hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourtess Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Blooming Heck, I was just about to buy a boat. What sort of rubbish boat were they in? Any ideas about the best (unsinkable, even upsidedown) fishing small boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I was down at Lifeboat day in PSM and it was all action for a while with the lifeboat and coastguards rushing around great publicity for the RNLI with all those people on the breakwater watching, felt sorry for the guys on the boat though seeing all the people down for lifeboat day staring at them when they got back to shore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I suppose you learn by your mistakes, but lucky to have been plucked to safety. Sounds like inexperience to me, don't tie yourself to the bottom if the surface is jumping up and down (only mentioned on a tv prog this week when a trawler's net got caught on the bottom and if pulled tight the swell could have flipped the boat) ... a lucky day except for the boat.... but that's only money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 Blooming Heck,I was just about to buy a boat. What sort of rubbish boat were they in? Any ideas about the best (unsinkable, even upsidedown) fishing small boat? No idea but there can't be that many new 21 footers being sold I'd have thought. I doubt at all it would be rubbish though, as has been suggested it may have been inexperience especially if the boat was indeed new. I don't like to anchor mine at all but certainly wouldn't if it was looking like it might get wobbly out there. Quicksilver (or Quiksilver?) tubs are proving to be very popular boats these days. Was teals/shetlands/microplus/seahogs in the old days like mine, then more recently warriors have been appearing en masse, and now Quicksilver ones seem to be all the rage but they do seem very good boats. Guess it depends what you can spend really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourtess Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I had a Shetland years ago with a very thirsty 70hp two-stroke. A good boat and strong, but not as good as the modern ones. Took a trip out with Mal Kelly from Peel on his new Arvor 215AS (Foillan Beg), I was very impressed. The offset pilothouse design with self-clearing decks, combined with a diesel inboard is a very good layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lard Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Video0021.3gp Only a short clip this one. The boat fairly moved once it had had the pointy end out towards the sea. These guys were lucky there were others about - well done the lifeboat and the coastguard who were also in attendance. Did anyone see the programme on Tuesday night about the Penlee Lifeboat disaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Just seen Port St Mary Lifeboat go out again this evening. Wonder what it is this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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